Download page and D docs defaulting to D2

[Simen Kjaeraas]

Jarrett Billingsley <kb3ctd2 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I've had about eight people come into the D IRC channel in the past week
> asking why xxx was failing, or why something they thought should work
> (constness) didn't.  In every single case, it was either because they  
> read
> the D2 docs, which are the default (FOR SOME REASON), and ended up
> downloading the D1 compiler, or because they downloaded the ancient  
> 1.015 D1
> compiler which didn't have any bugfixes which have been implemented over  
> the
> past seven months.
>
> So; this is really starting to come to a head.  I don't know how many  
> people
> have suggested switching the default D docs to the D1 docs.  D2 is  
> _alpha_
> and should be treated as such.  We _need_ to get this resolved.
>
> Secondly, the D1 DMD D compiler download page
> (http://www.digitalmars.com/d/1.0/dcompiler.html) should be updated to  
> point
> to the very newest version of the D compiler, or those hardlinks should  
> be
> removed entirely and simply redirected to the changelog, which is far  
> more
> up-to-date and lets people know what's been fixed.
>
>

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Like Janice said though, D2 has many exciting features that new users  
might want to give a try. I'd say D1 default, visible and appropriately  
labeled D2 links for those who want to live on the cutting edge.

--
Simen